Automatically Migrating Personality Settings; Creating A Personality Template; Starting The Template Builder; Chapter 5, "Automatically Migrating Personality Settings - Novell ZENWORKS 10 PERSONALITY MIGRATION - PERSONALITY MIGRATION REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Use And Installation Instructions

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Automatically Migrating

Personality Settings

ZENworks

Personality Migration provides automated migration for large-scale personality

migrations from a Windows managed device to another Windows managed device across an

enterprise.

To automatically migrate the personality settings, perform the following tasks in the order listed:

Section 5.1, "Creating a Personality Template," on page 27

Section 5.2, "Modifying an Existing Template," on page 38

Section 5.3, "Automatically Migrating Personality Settings," on page 38

Section 5.4, "Migrating Personality Settings by Using the Command Prompt," on page 39

Section 5.5, "Command Prompt Options to Store and Apply Personalities," on page 40

5.1 Creating a Personality Template

Personality Migration uses a template to perform automated migrations by using the directive

bundles. This provides an efficient migration method without stepping through the ZENworks

Personality Migration user interface each time you want to perform a migration on a specific

machine. Ensure that you use the same template for the store and apply process.

A template defines policies that describe to the ZENworks Personality Migration engine the

migration rules for the following settings categories:

Users

System Settings

Application Settings

Files and Folders

The template communicates which items are to be saved from the source Windows machine into the

PNP file, and which items are to be applied to the destination machine.

A template is an XML file that can be read and edited with any editor. However, using the Template

Builder for ZENworks Personality Migration is a convenient way to build custom templates for

migrations, so you can have standardized and consistent migration across an organization.You can

create templates using the Template Builder.

5.1.1 Starting the Template Builder

1 On a supported Windows device, click Start > All Programs > Novell ZENworks > ZENworks

Personality Migration Template Builder.